Chapter 310: Using Divorce as a Condition

Shi Youxuan thanked the doctor, then took brown sugar from the drawer she had specified, put some into a paper cup, poured in hot water, and handed it to Sheng Hanyu: "Drink some water."

His teeth began to chatter, and he felt very cold.

His ears were still buzzing, and he hadn't heard clearly what she said at all.

However, it seemed like something hot touched his hand; Sheng Hanyu instinctively grabbed it and held it tightly.

Shi Youxuan's hand, along with the cup, was held in his grip; she instinctively wanted to pull it back, but it was held so tightly that she couldn't pull it out at all!

She struggled twice, but not only did she fail to pull her hand out, this man actually leaned toward her... closer and closer, eventually leaning against her.

She wanted to push him away, but his body was very cool, as cold as a giant lump of ice.

"Doctor, what is wrong with him? There shouldn't be any problems, right?" Shi Youxuan was still worried.

The doctor said: "He has lost too much blood. You hold him and let his body warm up, and he will be fine. He cannot move right now."

Shi Youxuan held Sheng Hanyu, using her own body temperature to warm him; gradually, he stopped shaking so violently and opened his eyes... upon opening his eyes and seeing Shi Youxuan holding him, he immediately closed them again and leaned even further against her.

"Faking it!"

"If you keep faking it, I'm going to leave you be." Shi Youxuan had figured it out.

Sheng Hanyu said weakly: "Don't, don't, let me lean for a while, just a little while, my head is spinning terribly."

"Drink your water." Although Shi Youxuan's tone was unkind, she still didn't push him away.

After all, he had just had eight hundred CCs of blood drawn, and Shi Youxuan didn't want anything bad to happen to him.

Sheng Hanyu didn't take the cup; he brought his mouth over to it.

Shi Youxuan had no choice but to hold it out and feed it to him.

With a cup of hot brown sugar water in his stomach, Sheng Hanyu felt a bit more energetic, and his body temperature rose; leaning on Shi Youxuan like that was no longer appropriate.

Even though he was reluctant, he sat up straight.

"Thank you." Sheng Hanyu thanked Shi Youxuan, purely making conversation because he didn't know what else to say.

"You're welcome."

The two of them were sitting a bit too close, and Shi Youxuan felt awkward and wanted to sit further away.

At this moment, Shi Ran finished the blood filtration, and the machine stopped.

Shi Ran came out feeling a bit dizzy too; the little girl was listless and didn't want to walk on her own, wanting Sheng Hanyu to carry her.

So he really did go over to carry the child, but Shi Youxuan stepped forward, beat him to it, and carried her daughter on her back: "Ranran, Mommy will carry you; Uncle can't carry you today."

"Okay."

The little girl rested her head on her back; Shi Youxuan was carrying the child and still had to support Sheng Hanyu.

He was unsteady on his feet while walking and couldn't walk in a straight line.

Sheng Hanyu now regretted not bringing Wang Yong along; even bringing a driver or a bodyguard would have been fine. At the very least, Shi Youxuan wouldn't have to work so hard, carrying the little one while having to support him.

"I'm fine, I can walk by myself."

He walked slowly, and Shi Youxuan walked slowly beside him, supporting him whenever he looked like he was about to fall.

They finally got into the car; Sheng Hanyu and Shi Ran sat in the back seat, and Shi Youxuan prepared to take Sheng Hanyu home first.

The car had barely driven a hundred meters when Sheng Hanyu said: "I'm not going home. Please just drop me off at any hotel; I'll go lie down for a while, and once I've rested, I'll go back. My aunt and the housekeeper will worry about me."

Shi Youxuan didn't say a word, but she didn't take him to a hotel either.

The environment in a hotel was quite good, but it wouldn't do if there was no one to look after him.

In the end, she took the initiative to bring Sheng Hanyu home and let him rest in the guest bedroom.

"Thank you, Chairman Shi. Is there anything to eat? I'm extremely hungry." Although Sheng Hanyu was weak, his demands were not few at all.

"There is. Wait a moment, I'll go heat it up for you."

There was food, but what Sheng Hanyu had brought in the morning had already been eaten, and only what Shi Youxuan had made was left.

Sheng Hanyu ate the congee—the kind that Shi Ran would turn her nose up at just by smelling it—with great relish, even eating three big bowls in a row. The way he ate so happily actually gave Shi Youxuan the illusion that she had suddenly become a master chef.

But the "master chef" fell from her pedestal after only a short while.

Because Shi Ran also needed to eat, but she refused to eat what her mother had made, so she could only order takeout for her.

She hadn't even finished taking care of the little one when Sheng Hanyu asked weakly from the guest bedroom if she could bring him some drinking water. When Shi Youxuan went to pour the water, she discovered there was no hot water in the house, nor was there any brown sugar left.

She boiled some water and went to the supermarket downstairs to buy brown sugar, then returned, mixed the brown sugar water, and carried it to Sheng Hanyu.

Sheng Hanyu didn't like sweet things, and the brown sugar water in particular looked disgusting to him.

However, since Shi Youxuan had brought it to him, he took it and drank it all!

"Thank you, Chairman Shi," Sheng Hanyu said.

Shi Youxuan said: "No need to thank me. You are like this because of my daughter; I should be the one thanking you. Rest well, and call me if you need anything."

"Okay."

Shi Youxuan went out and closed the door.

He buried his head in the quilt and snickered; he was happy, simply too happy.

For so many days, this was the first time Shi Youxuan had spoken to him so calmly; this was a good start!

He discovered that when getting along with Shi Youxuan now, as long as he didn't talk to her about the past or try to get too close, they could still coexist peacefully.

It was just a form of address, after all; superficial detachment didn't represent anything, and anyway, he had already moved in.

Sheng Hanyu felt that those eight hundred CCs of blood were well worth it.

If it could earn him Shi Youxuan's personal care, it would be worth it even if all the blood in his body were drained!

Once full and satisfied, his energy recovered very quickly.

Sheng Hanyu had no more problems, but he still lingered at the Shi Family and wouldn't leave.

Every time Shi Youxuan suggested he go back, he would use "dizziness" or "looking pale" as an excuse to stall.

He stayed, and Shi Ran was very happy; she didn't pester Shi Youxuan at all, only pestering Sheng Hanyu. The two of them told stories, put together building blocks, and played games on the computer, and the whole house was filled with laughter.

Although Shi Youxuan did not play with them, she did not stop them either.

Since Shi Ran was now close to Sheng Hanyu, she simply decided to turn a blind eye.

Blood ties are truly magical; Shi Ran and Sheng Hanyu share many identical subtle mannerisms, and while she looks like her, her temper is not the same.

Her aunt once said that Sheng Hanyu's temper was different when he was a child; he wasn't an ice-cold face like this back then, but was polite to everyone and wouldn't speak without a smile.

But he was mischievous, boundlessly so.

All the mischief Sheng Hanyu had gotten into, Shi Ran had done as well!

Climbing trees, going into the river, fighting with other children... Shi Ran was simply a carbon copy of him.

……

After staying quiet for several days, Zhu Yiwen called again.

This time, he still demanded they return and issued an ultimatum—if she didn't come back, he would make her pay!

Shi Youxuan said coldly, "Do as you please," and then hung up the phone.

She knew why Zhu Yiwen was so anxious for her to return; she knew the current financial situation of his company like the back of her hand.

There were holes everywhere that simply could not be plugged.

Zhu Yiwen's company was facing a very serious financial crisis, and its outward appearance of prosperity was merely a facade.

There was no gold mine on that plot of land in A Country; it was just a trap Sheng Hanyu had set for him.

In that trap, Jian Yining and Shi Youxuan both played very important roles; with the three of them working together, Zhu Yiwen walked right into it!

However, the land was not entirely useless; if it were developed into a tourist attraction, as long as it was built beautifully and advertised well, it would certainly attract the attention of tourists from all over the world.

It was just that all of this required money!

A lot, a lot of money.

Right now, Zhu Yiwen was in desperate need of money for every aspect of his business, yet Shi Youxuan, who could be most useful at this time, was nowhere to be found.